SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ADMINISTERING POWERS, SPECIAL COMMITTEE

TO REINVIGORATE DECOLONIZATION PROCESS

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening meeting of the Special Committee on decolonization:

I am pleased to be with you as you open your 2003 session.  An important agenda remains before this Committee.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY ARREST OF OPPOSITION PARTY MEMBERS IN MYANMAR;

URGES AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS AND ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS HAS DUTY TO EXHAUST ALL POSSIBILITIES

OF PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT BEFORE RESORTING TO USE OF FORCE

Following is the text of the address delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 8 February at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK IN COLOMBIA

The following statement was issued on 8 February by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Albert Tevoedjre of Benin as his Special Envoy for Côte d’Ivoire today.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS OF ‘DISTURBING’ EROSION IN INTERNATIONAL NORMS

ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, IN REMARKS TO DISARMAMENT BOARD

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the meeting with the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters in New York on 6 February:

CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT REQUIRE NOT ONLY LEADERSHIP, RESOURCES,

BUT A LEGAL RESPONSE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the All-Africa Conference on Law, Justice and Development, delivered by Hans Corell, United Nations Legal Counsel and Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, in Abuja, Nigeria, 4-7 February:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TOSHIYUKI NIWA AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

OF UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN MANAGEMENT PROJECT

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SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL SEEK ADDITIONAL DONOR SUPPORT TO ENSURE CONTINUED AID

FOR DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: